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The Lost Lemon Mine

Found & lost 1870, Crowsnest Pass country, Alberta, Canada
COLD TRAIL
Evidence status: Historical tradition. no documented source (historical tradition); legal status unknown (manual verification recommended). This account is presented as historical tradition, not verified fact. Manual verification recommended. Repository evidence: 0 sources · 0 timeline events · 0 media items · legal unknown · view on the Map Evidence on file: historical tradition

The Lost Lemon Mine: still unexplained.

A fabulously rich gold ledge

The subject
developing the photograph…
The manifest
A fabulously rich gold ledge
Last known, where the trail went cold
Lemon staggered out of the mountains raving, his partner Blackjack dead behind him by his own axe, every party sent to relocate the ledge met fire, sickness, or worse.
The account

Two prospectors found the gold; only one came back, and not all of him. The mine that drove Lemon mad acquired a curse the way mountains acquire weather, guides died, camps burned, maps failed. Alberta's foothills still get quietly prospected by people who say they don't believe in curses.

Leads, where the trail points now
  • Where the trail goes cold: Lemon staggered out of the mountains raving, his partner Blackjack dead behind him by his own axe, every party sent to relocate the ledge met fire, sickness, or worse. That is where any serious search begins.
  • What you are chasing is A fabulously rich gold ledge. Work the documented record of The Lost Lemon Mine back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore before you commit time or money.
  • Confirm who owns and governs Crowsnest Pass country, Alberta, Canada and get written permission before any search; treat protected or archaeological ground as off limits.
What the record holds

What remains open

  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
What we know, and what we don't
Established

No documentary claim is yet established. The account rests on tradition.

Still open
  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
The evidence room

No documentary or visual exhibits have been located yet. The trail below and the open leads are where this dossier grows next — every exhibit that enters here carries a source.

Where the trail points now
  • Where the trail goes cold: Lemon staggered out of the mountains raving, his partner Blackjack dead behind him by his own axe, every party sent to relocate the ledge met fire, sickness, or worse. That is where any serious search begins.
  • What you are chasing is A fabulously rich gold ledge. Work the documented record of The Lost Lemon Mine back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore before you commit time or money.
  • Confirm who owns and governs Crowsnest Pass country, Alberta, Canada and get written permission before any search; treat protected or archaeological ground as off limits.
  • Search Library of Congress + DPLA (IIIF) for period cartography of the site.
  • Run Chronicling America for dated newspaper mentions.
  • Query NARA for archival records tied to the site.

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Chart position 49.600°, -114.500° (approx.) View on the Map